just over 15 miles from the heart of panama city, and steps away from the panama canal, lies soberania national park, a 55,000-acre rainforest that is just one of the many rainforests around the world being studied by tropical biologist bill laurance. dr. bill laurance: the focus of our research is, essentially, how do humans affect tropical rainforests? about 40 million acres of tropical forest are being destroyed every year. that's about 80 football fields a minute, and as a consequence, we are seeing vast landscapes being denuded of forests. we are also seeing the original rainforest being chopped up into isolated islands or parcels. and this might seem like an ironic place to talk about it here because it seems like such a beautiful area. we are in the heart of panama in soberania national park, but this is probably the future of much of tropical biology, because although it seems like a large area of rainforest, over here we have bulldozers knocking down the forest. over in this direction we have slash-and-burn farming going on. we have hunters encroaching from all sides of the fo

and there's been an enormous buildup of suspicion that panama city. this deal is just the beginning of a six month truce and said eyeing the international pounds to target and will comprehensively cold with iran and in the process tackle what has been one of them is intractable and potentially dangerous issues of the early twenty first century. richard s take cctv at the command epa told in geneva. four decades of sanctions have severely damage the economy of iraq cutting its crude oil production and barring it from recap trading earnings from oil exports. iran is home to some of the world's biggest oil and gas reserves but the sanctions the border on a multibillion dollar losses every year. the white house estimates iran has lost more than eighty billion us dollars since the beginning of twenty twelve summer rainy and people are uncovered by the sanctions relief while others doubt the loot that you really can bring any change to the alliance. so mind you i'm glad to see our country can be re adjusted to the mile and a proper distance of this tensions

kid kind of bond focus on what ttp into the country from the ring of time this time i spot the panama city government's plans to host the stocks that the minute sets. sunnyside and eight i made the claim i am making a statement in the senate either nominate a team that of the pakistani parliament on thursday. by the minister did not give any specific details. it is clear that the pakistan government was aware about the southern us presence in the country anderson says an extend credit to stimuli sharif has been pushing for negotiations with the ttp a name for two thousand including several pakistani make it a snap in the past six years and for the attack on the amtrak in sunny ca among other uses that was also known as my daddy deal for the heat inside the media programs he is to post this now to head the m medical attention after the seven thousand and two. i din even impose tiny ice on a cruise in the pakistani town of spots for two years until the army makes men began filing into the offences. one of the southern us nomination is another indication that the pentagon has now seen this or

just over 15 miles from the heart of panama city, and steps away from the panama canal, lies soberaniaforest being chopped up into isolated islands or parcels. and this might seem like an ironic place to talk about it here because it seems like such a beautiful area. we are in the heart of panama in soberania national park, but this is probably the future of much of tropical biology, because although it seems like a large area of rainforest, over here we have bulldozers knocking down the forest. over in this direction we have slash-and-burn farming going on. we have hunters encroaching from all sides of the forest, having major impacts on the wildlife communities. this is an island of forest, and it's shrinking over time. and so really this is the heart of t question we are trying to get out here. are these going to be islands of survival or islands of extinction? yes, you're very cute. arose from a lifelong lovee, e importof animals.ainforest very pretty little bird. dr. bill laurance: i was one of those kids at just loved animals. and i raised mountain lions and bear cubs, and i was

florida pandhandle including panama city and that is in affect until 5:00 p.m. time. no current tornado warnings, but the threat is in place. when warning is issued for your county seek shelter. that is in place throughout the day in central florida and including orlando and tampa and parts of southern georgia and eastern parts of the carolinas. that's the severe weather. otherwise precipitation widespread already. we have snow coming down in parts of upstate new york and pennsylvania, and again, this is only today in the afternoon. we expect this to continue overnight and tomorrow for the northeast. it is significant precipitation out there. the center of the storm right now in the southeast and heavy rain in georgia and tennessee and in the carolinas. but as the storm heads north, it will be intensifying and the wind gusts is the concern. that dark shading blue are gusts at 50 miles per hour. new york city could see 50 miles per hour wind gusts and widespread over new jersey and delaware and look at noon, worst of the conditions in terms of the wind will be in place

now, there's also a tornado watch across parts of the florida panhandle including panama city until 5 p.m. eastern because that threat for tornadoes continues in place throughout the afternoon hours ors -- hours. otherwise threat for severe weather including damaging winds and also tornadoes still in effect across central florida, georgia and the carolinas as the storm system continues to ramp up and head northward. and this storm system is very widespread. we're already seeing a little bit of show coming down across portions of pennsylvania and the center of it still across parts of southeast where it is producing very heavy rain in georgia and tennessee. and the timing on this storm system, so through this evening we're still expecting it to be in place across parts of the southeast with heavy rain, some of the higher elevations of the central appalachias and southern appalachias are going to see that wintry mix, and by tomorrow, jenna, and during the overnight hours tonight, that's when we're going to be seeing the worst of the conditions across the northeast. we could see gusts to

army played music to smoke out from the vatican embassy in panama city and in 1990s, nancy sinatra's for walking" to try to force cult leader david koresh out of the waco compound. somali piracy may be at a low but just last week the white house said it was concerned by a disturbing increase in piracy on the other side of the africa after two u.s. sailors were taken hostage in the gulf of guinea. if pop music is at all a useful tool go ahead and as britney spears says hit them baby one more time. the correct answer is a, all of the clocks in china are supposed to be set to china standard time. until the 1940s, the country had five time zones but that was changed to one when the communist party took power in 1949 for the sake of efficiency of course. that makes for the biggest time jump between adjacent countries in the world occurs at the border between afghanistan and china. 3.5 hours. so perhaps you can have dinner in china and step across the border into afghanistan and there's still time for a late lunch. anyone know a good lunch spot? thanks to all of you for being part of my pr

to smoke out man well noriega in panama city while in the 1990s.used nancy sinatra "these boots are made for walking" to try and force leader david kuresh out of the waco compound. just last week the white house said it was concerned about a disturbing increase on the other side of africa after two u.s. sailors were taken hostage in the gulf of ginea. go ahead and as she says, hit them baby one more time. the correct answer is a, all the clocks in china are supposed to be set to china standard time. until the 1940s. the country had five time zones but that was changed to one when the communist pow er took over. that makes for the biggest time jump between adjacent countries in the world. 3.5 hours. so perhaps you can have dinner in china and step across the border into afghanistan and it is still time for a late lunch. does anyone know a good lunch spot? thank you for taking time for my report. i'll see you next week. >> hello these stories are topping the news this hour. toronto's mayor apologying but refusing to resign despite photos of him repor

. >> host: and this is a restaurant chain in panama city? caller: yes in panama city beach. i worked at two of them. i worked for one man at another restaurant. had great repor with him. now because of all this i'm scrammling to figure out my bills and get unemployment and food stamps. food stamps has changed here in florida. also in florida their website and their system to get on to unemployment has had several glitches which have been referred to in the miami her raled on one of their blog sites it's having the same problems as obama care. host: which is your priorityty now, unemployment or healthcare? caller: unemployment and apply through medicare because i don't have any income to afford anything through the exchanges. host: we go to denver on the independent line. caller: one comment is i've watched these hearings with kathleen sebelius and her number one person, i have to say it's pretty embarrassing to watch these things. virtually no one asks real questions. there are some that do and i'm glad they are. most are preprepared talking points on both sides or attacks a

these are the advisories across the i-10 corridor anywhere from south louisiana to new orleans, panama city even to jacksonville will have the freeze threat for tomorrow morning. watches and warnings all across the gulf coast. yes, it is cold. but the big story, the rain-maker across the northeast. it's basically what it is. the biggest part of it is rain. that's what we're seeing from raleigh a all the way to new york boston. the good news is this will start to make its way out of here over the next couple of hours. by tonight and into tomorrow morning, it will look better. but in the next 48 hours, we'll see an additional three to eight inches of know across portion of new york. and one to two more inches of rain across the mid atlantic. but here is a time label of what we're looking at. by wednesday, 6:00 this is this evening, new york the rain should start to move on out. and then by tomorrow morning, we should be clear. the sun should come back out. we'll really be watching the winds behind all of this. 27 mile per hour wind gusts at noon today, 36 in boston. and peeking out tonight an

it is east of panama city for liberty and gulf county. the threat of severe weather is in effect through florida, georgia and the carolinas. now we are talking about possible tornados out here. >> a lot to keep an eye on. and breaking news on that as we get it. four days until the deadline that was set by the white house to have the healthcare.gov website fixed. but obamacare is sputtering and where is the president? hol hol hol hollywood of course. >> good morning to you, martha. the president is hitting up two events after four fundraisers. california is one of the states hit hardest by the wave of insurance cancelation and more than a million there. the president is mixing business on these trips? >> the white house has orchestrated now fewer than six fundrais fundraisers for the democratic national convention. these events have a way of melding together to where it can be the fundraiser like last night's event where the attendees witnessed something important. this time the iran deal and that the court conceded with the right for them

this storm and we have a tornado watch right now and effect across the florida panhandle including panama citynd an hour or so ago we had a tornado come confirmed with debris and damage reported a cross-section of the florida panhandle so plea here. we are talking dangerous weather. tornado warning in effect, there could actually be a tornado on the ground. if you live here you need to seek shelter immediately. there could be a tornado on the ground. severe weather including damaging winds in excess of 50 m.p.h. and tornadoes possible across the carolinas, george and the states of florida. otherwise a lot of precipitation with the storm even though the centers across the southeast, we're seeing snow coming down in pennsylvania, heavy rain across george and tennessee, the timing on the worst of the storm today across parts of the southeast and overnight tonight into tomorrow, we will be seeing the winds picking up and snow and rain in the northeast so major delays expected and for thanksgiving the storm is out of here, much more behind it. connell: dangerous stuff in some parts of the country,

i'm here back home in panama city, and i'm doing well. went to therapy today, and i'm feeling a lot better being back home and being around my family, friends, and church friends as well. >> i know that in addition to the loss of your leg, you also had some serious internal injuries as well. are you recovering from that? >> actually, i am. it's actually healing very well. the bottom is still not where they want it to be. they're still looking at the fascia. but the top is just shrinking dramatically small, and it's looking very good. and a good pink color and red color they want. so my mom and grandmother and family, we're excited, you know, for the healing of that. >> i'm looking at your pictures from your wedding night. bride, groom, you look so incredibly happy. it's hard to believe you can even talk today. this is all so raw and so recent. you must have a remarkable support system. >> i do. i have, you know, not just my faith and you know, god being a big part of my life. but my mom and my grandmother being there when times got tough

garrett, panama city, florida. talking about politics is ok. is just opinion on what is going on around the world. when football games come on, cut it off. host: does that happen? caller: yes. nothing but opinions about things that are going on around this country. it is just opinions. .ou share your opinions for me, when the game comes on, cut it off. the whole day is not going to be about politics. but it is all right to talk about politics. it is just an opinion. host: a news story to show to you all. has is a report that iran invited you and inspectors to related nuclear- heavywater facility on december 8. iaea was looking into how sunday's agreement between iran and six world powers could curb the country's atomic activity could be it into practice concerning the u.n. agency's role in verifying the deal. georgia, republican line. good morning. caller: my uncle and i started -- we were on facebook and i over 100at that was comments long and it was about politics. we decided to table it until we had a chance to see each other again. it's not

eople like paul and victoria mo morrisons of panama city.ay they care for infants and toddlers with catastrophic injuries like blindness, autism and other developmental delays. mr. southerland: they deliver cancer treatments and medications. paul and victoria each received this letter from blue -- from florida blue informing them that their coverage was being canceled by the end of this year. their plans failed to meet the law's requirements for maternity and newborn care and pediatric dental care despite the fact that the morrisons are in their 60's and have no children. they were informed their new plans would increase their mbined premiums from $520 to $1,260 per month. now, paul and victoria are trying to figure out how to keep alive a medical practice that's already been reduced from a 10-county area to just one. that's a real-world impact and a real-world example on this misguided law and that's why if you like your plan and you were promised that you could keep your plan, you should be able to keep your plan. with that i yield back. t

city. up in smoke - police in panama burn more than 11 tonnes of drugs, cocaine, marijuana and heroin amonghe drugs seized. they were set on fire at a garbage dump and this is the fifth time they destroyed narcotics this year. >> ken ya's refugee camp is ham to the first refugee university. it's taught as a way to create more opportunities living there. peter greste went to visit the camp as students sat their first set of examples. >> it's a big day from dr joseph - the first of his refugee students are to sit their exams. this is a test of not just what each has learnt, but whether the idea of a refugee university works. there are four courses so kaf covering subjects that don't need special laboratories. until their campus is built, lectures and exams take place on weekends in the local high school. >> they are very enthusiastic. when they have a diploma in four or other areas, it is a door through which they can walk through into - i mean out of the camps. >> it is not a place most young people want to stay in. refugees have been coming to the sprawling camp for the past 22 years. for m

spreading their word from mexico city to manila, but behind the closed doors of their communes, free love was their theology. >> at the age of 7, i remember i was in panama year's. and i slept on one of these trundle beds that pulls out from a bunk bed and i remember rolling over and looking and there was the behind of one of the sisters in the home and she was having sex with my father, less than a foot from me. i remember her name to this day. i remember getting up and going to the bathroom and looking in my mom's room. and my mom was having sex with the woman's husband. this wasn't an anomaly. >> okay. girls, don't cover up too quick. >> it was part of our doctrine, it was part of our dogma and not something that was restricted to adults. we were taught that as children. >> he doesn't get to appreciate your beauty that often. let's show you how we bed down here at night. >> we love you. >> love you! >> armed with camcorders, the farr flung communes often recorded their exploits sending david berg messages of love. >> we love you. >> i tried so many things. tried to somehow fit in. somehow to find a normal life. he shall has said, who i've talked to ab